Brand advice for external POE Camera setup

Hello all,

I am fairly new to the topic of home security in general. I recently went through a complete remodel and had the chance to run some shielded cat6a all around the house for home networking and at the same time I ran 8 dedicated drops around the soffit for POE cameras.

I am experienced enough from the network side, but the sheer amount of choice in the camera market is daunting.

I was wondering what brands these days were well respected as far as reliability and picture quality.
I’ve seen a few review of various cameras and my only personal experience is minimal, with a reolink RLC-811a.

Any suggestions? The two things I think I value most right now would be to stay as high resolution as possible and perhaps be compliant with open standards (onvif?) so I have more flexibility for a larger system down the road without be tied to a single vendor. Night vision would be a must and I don’t necessarily need PTZ anywhere, although that’s nice.

Are there any good open DVR+cloud solutions, or is a homebrew setup better?

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June 26, 2023
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